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Date	Age	Event	Bishop	Title	Current Title
Apr	74.1	Resigned	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XII Sabbaghian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon	Patriarch Emeritus
1 Apr	40.3	Appointed	Pietro La Fontaine †	Secretary of the Congregation of Rites	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
	40.3	Appointed	Pietro La Fontaine †	Titular Bishop of Carystus	Cardinal, Patriarch of Venezia {Venice}, Italy
2 Apr		Born	Achille Marie Joseph Glorieux †	Roubaix, France	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Egypt, Arab Republic of
	48.0	Appointed	Juan Bautista Gorordo †	Bishop of Cebu, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus
	38.6	Appointed	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
3 Apr	44.4	Ordained Bishop	Manuel Lago y González †	Bishop of Osma, Spain	Archbishop of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
	45.7	Ordained Bishop	Antonio Anastasio Rossi †	Archbishop of Udine, Italy	Patriarch of Constantinople, Turkey
	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Bernardino Shlaku, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tiberias	Bishop of Pult, Albania
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Ranulfo da Silva Farias †	Priest	Archbishop of Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil
4 Apr		Born	Fernando Gomes dos Santos †	Patos	Archbishop of Goiânia, Goias, Brazil
5 Apr	73.8	Appointed	Carlos Luiz d'Amour †	Archbishop of Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil
6 Apr	84.1	Died	John Cameron †	Bishop of Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
7 Apr	68.8	Appointed	Gaspare Feliciano Cyrtowt †	Bishop of Žemaitija, Lithuania
	62.1	Installed	François-Léon Gauthey †	Archbishop of Besançon, France
	54.1	Appointed	Antonio Karas (Karosas) †	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	62.5	Appointed	Wincenty Kluczynski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus	Archbishop Emeritus
	56.3	Appointed	Marian Ryx †	Bishop of Sandomierz, Poland
	68.1	Appointed	Longin Żarnowiecki †	Auxiliary Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
	68.1	Appointed	Longin Żarnowiecki †	Titular Bishop of Mosynopolis	Auxiliary Bishop of Luceoria o Łuck e Zytomir o Zytomierz, Ukraine
9 Apr	44.0	Appointed	Joseph Francis Busch †	Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	51.7	Appointed	Timothy J. Corbett †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	54.3	Appointed	John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
10 Apr	61.9	Appointed	Paul-Gaston Laperrine d'Hautpoul †	Official of the Sacred Consistorial Congregation
12 Apr		Born	Stanislaw Jakiel †	Jacmierz	Auxiliary Bishop of Przemyśl, Poland
	37.2	Appointed	Joseph Petrelli †	Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Peru
	59.2	Appointed	Pablo Singzon de la Anunciacion †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
13 Apr	55.4	Appointed	Pierre Chatelus †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.0	Appointed	Jean-Arthur Chollet †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	58.6	Appointed	Adolph Manier †	Bishop of Belley, France
		Born	Didier Pérouse de Montclos, M. Afr. †	Amiens, France	Bishop Emeritus of Sikasso, Mali
14 Apr	38.4	Ordained Bishop	Joseph John Rice †	Bishop of Burlington, Vermont, USA
	48.4	Appointed	Giacomo Sereggi †	Archbishop of Shkodrë, Albania	Archbishop Emeritus
	46.3	Ordained Bishop	John William Shaw †	Titular Bishop of Castabala	Archbishop of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
15 Apr	62.5	Ordained Bishop	Karl Augustin †	Titular Bishop of Diocaesarea in Palaestina	Auxiliary Bishop of Wrocław, Poland
	73.6	Died	Remigio Guido Barbieri, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Gibraltar, Gibraltar
		Born	Thomas Michel Bidawid †	Zakho	Auxiliary Bishop of Baghdad (Chaldean), Iraq
	40.5	Appointed	Nicola Cola †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	54.3	Appointed	Giorgio Gusmini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
	63.9	Died	Luis Pérez y Pérez †	Vicar Apostolic of Northern Hunan {Hu-Nan Settentrionale}, China
	40.3	Appointed	Gabriele Vettori †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
17 Apr		Born	Michael Arattukulam †	Arthunkal	Bishop Emeritus of Alleppey, India
		Born	Bruno Desrochers †	St. Louis de Lotbinière	Bishop Emeritus of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière, Québec, Canada
20 Apr		Born	Carlo Ferrari †	Fresonara	Bishop Emeritus of Mantova, Italy
	43.5	Appointed	Josef Gross †	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
21 Apr		Born	Carlos Humberto Rodríguez Quirós †	San José de Costa Rica	Archbishop Emeritus of San José de Costa Rica
22 Apr	44.5	Appointed	Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
23 Apr	56.6	Appointed	Boghos Bédros (Paul Peter) XIII Terzian †	Patriarch of Cilicia (Armenian), Lebanon
24 Apr	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jeremiah Kinane †	Priest	Archbishop of Cashel (-Emly), Ireland
25 Apr	42.9	Ordained Bishop	Michael Francis Fallon, O.M.I. †	Bishop of London, Ontario, Canada
26 Apr	43.3	Appointed	Agostino Losinski †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	50.4	Appointed	Giosuè Signori †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
28 Apr	70.0	Appointed	Gregorio Govrik, C.A.M. †	Abbot of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	70.0	Appointed	Gregorio Govrik, C.A.M. †	Titular Archbishop of Nisibis per gli Armeni	Abbot of Congregazione Mechitarista di Venezia
	54.7	Ordained Bishop	John Joseph Nilan †	Bishop of Hartford, Connecticut, USA
		Born	Martin Wiesend †	Kulmain	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Bamberg, Germany
29 Apr	57.0	Resigned	Benedetto Lorenzelli †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy	Cardinal, Prefect of the Roman Curia - Other
	64.0	Appointed	Arturo Marchi †	Archbishop of Lucca, Italy
2 May	41.7	Appointed	Emanuele Virgilio †	Bishop of Ogliastra, Italy
3 May		Born	François-Louis-Marie Kervèadou †	Guiscriff	Bishop Emeritus of Saint-Brieuc (-Tréguier), France
		Born	Antoon Konings, S.M.A. †	Posterholt, Netherlands	Bishop Emeritus of Keta-Ho, Ghana
	65.5	Ordained Bishop	Emmanuel-Jules-Marie Marbeau †	Bishop of Meaux, France
4 May	34.2	Appointed	Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †	Titular Bishop of Cerasus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Shiré, Malawi
		Born	Augustin Farah †	Kara	Archbishop of Zahleh e Furzol (Melkite), Lebanon
5 May		Born	Janez Jenko †	Mavcice	Bishop Emeritus of Koper, Slovenia
	48.9	Appointed	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Vicar Apostolic of Kimberley in Western Australia	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
		Born	William Gordon Wheeler †	Saddleworth	Bishop Emeritus of Leeds, England, Great Britain
8 May	42.7	Ordained Bishop	Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos †	Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
	69.5	Ordained Bishop	Juan Martín Yáñez (Janiz) y Paz †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
9 May	34.2	Appointed	Louis-Joseph-Marie Auneau, S.M.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Shiré, Malawi	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
10 May	83.8	Appointed	Carlo Bertuzzi †	Titular Archbishop of Dioclea	Bishop Emeritus of Foligno, Italy
	83.8	Resigned	Carlo Bertuzzi †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	51.1	Appointed	Paul-Albert Faveau, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Tamasus	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Western Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Occidentale}, China
	38.7	Ordained Bishop	John Bernard MacGinley †	Bishop of Nueva Caceres, Philippines	Bishop Emeritus of Monterey in California, USA
	56.1	Appointed	Paul-Marie Reynaud, C.M. †	Vicar Apostolic of Eastern Chekiang {Ce-Kiam Orientale}, China	Vicar Apostolic of Ningpo [Ningbo], China
11 May		Born	Denys Philippe Beilouné †	Alep	Archbishop of Alep (Syrian), Syria
12 May		Born	Jean-Marie-Gaëtan Ogez, M. Afr. †	Dunkerque, France	Bishop Emeritus of Mbarara, Uganda
13 May		Born	James Louis Flaherty †	Norfolk	Auxiliary Bishop of Richmond, Virginia, USA
	50.5	Appointed	Apollonio Maggio †	Bishop of Ascoli Piceno, Italy
14 May		Born	André-Georges Bontems †	Plombières	Archbishop Emeritus of Chambéry (, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, et Tarentaise), France
	72.5	Resigned	Matthew Gibney †	Bishop of Perth, Australia	Bishop Emeritus
		Born	Opilio Rossi †	New York, NY, USA	Cardinal, President Emeritus of the Pontifical Committee for International Eucharistic Congresses
15 May	42.7	Installed	Abel Juan Bazán y Bustos †	Bishop of Paraná, Argentina
	34.8	Ordained Bishop	Eugenio Massi, O.F.M. †	Titular Bishop of Ioppe	Vicar Apostolic of Hankow [Hankou], China
16 May	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Giorgio Gusmini †	Bishop of Foligno, Italy	Cardinal, Archbishop of Bologna, Italy
		Born	Hanna Paulus Marcus †	Chioz	Bishop Emeritus of Zaku (Chaldean), Iraq
	50.4	Ordained Bishop	Giosuè Signori †	Bishop of Fossano, Italy	Archbishop of Genova, Italy
17 May	69.6	Installed	Juan Martín Yáñez (Janiz) y Paz †	Bishop of Santiago del Estero, Argentina
19 May	44.1	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Francis Busch †	Bishop of Lead, South Dakota, USA	Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota, USA
	51.9	Ordained Bishop	Timothy J. Corbett †	Bishop of Crookston, Minnesota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
	50.0	Ordained Bishop	Patrick Richard Heffron †	Bishop of Winona, Minnesota, USA
	47.8	Ordained Bishop	John Jeremiah Lawler †	Titular Bishop of Hermopolis Maior	Bishop of Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
	54.6	Ordained Bishop	James O'Reilly †	Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, USA
	54.4	Ordained Bishop	John Baptist Vincent de Paul Wehrle, O.S.B. †	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA	Bishop Emeritus
21 May	22.7	Ordained Priest	Egidio Bignamini †	Priest of Milano {Milan}, Italy	Archbishop of Ancona e Numana, Italy
	23.0	Ordained Priest	Michael Browne, O.P. †	Priest of Order of Friars Preachers	Cardinal, Titular Archbishop of Idebessus
	25.4	Ordained Priest	Jean El-Hage †	Priest	Archbishop of Damas (Maronite), Syria
	24.3	Ordained Priest	Joseph-Jean Heintz †	Priest	Bishop of Metz, France
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Paolo Rota †	Priest of Cremona, Italy	Bishop of Fidenza, Italy
	22.3	Ordained Priest	Bernard James Sheil †	Priest of Chicago, Illinois, USA	Auxiliary Bishop
	22.8	Ordained Priest	Samual Alphonsius Stritch †	Priest of Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Cardinal, Pro-Prefect of the Congregation for Propagation of the Faith
22 May	28.6	Ordained Priest	Giacomo Luigi (James Louis) Cheng †	Priest	Vicar Apostolic of Chantaburi, Thailand
	37.5	Ordained Bishop	Joseph-Sylvain-Marius Fabrègues, C.M. †	Titular Bishop of Alalis	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Peking [Beijing], China
	43.6	Ordained Bishop	Josef Gross †	Bishop of Litomĕrice, Czech Republic
	48.9	Ordained Bishop	Fulgentius Antonio Torres, O.S.B. †	Titular Bishop of Dorylaëum	Abbot of New Norcia, Australia
	24.8	Ordained Priest	Alexandre Vachon †	Priest	Archbishop of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
24 May	66.9	Appointed	Giovanni Battista Krapàc †	Bishop of Sirmio, Croatia
	59.8	Appointed	Rocco Francesco Vucic †	Bishop of Senj (-Modruš), Croatia
25 May		Born	Brian Charles Foley †	Ilford	Bishop Emeritus of Lancaster, England, Great Britain
26 May		Born	Carlo Fanton †	S. Tomio di Malo	Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Vicenza, Italy
27 May	32.4	Appointed	Rafael Edwards Salas †	Bishop of Chile, Military
	59.7	Died	Pierre-Xavier Mugabure, M.E.P. †	Archbishop of Tokyo, Japan
29 May	22.5	Ordained Priest	Vincentas Borisevicius †	Priest	Bishop of Telšiai, Lithuania
	62.7	Ordained Bishop	Wincenty Kluczynski †	Archbishop of Mohilev, Belarus	Archbishop Emeritus
1 Jun		Born	Zygfryd I. Kowalski †	Koronowo	Auxiliary Bishop of Chelmno (Culma), Poland
2 Jun	58.9	Succeeded	Augustin-François Baslé, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Mysore, India
	68.9	Resigned	Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P. †	Bishop of Mysore, India	Bishop Emeritus
	67.8	Resigned	Louis-Marie Pineau, M.E.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Southern Tonking {Tonkino Meridionale}, Viêt Nam	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus
	59.4	Ordained Bishop	Pablo Singzon de la Anunciacion †	Bishop of Calbayog, Philippines
4 Jun	24.8	Ordained Priest	Karl Joseph Alter †	Priest of Toledo, Ohio, USA	Archbishop Emeritus of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
		Born	Sergio Pignedoli †	Felina di Reggio Emilia	Cardinal, President of the Secretariat of Non-Christians
5 Jun	43.4	Ordained Bishop	Agostino Losinski †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
	44.6	Ordained Bishop	Tommaso Valeri, O.F.M. †	Archbishop of Brindisi, Italy	Archbishop Emeritus
	40.5	Ordained Bishop	Gabriele Vettori †	Bishop of Tivoli, Italy	Archbishop of Pisa, Italy
7 Jun		Born	José de Jesús Garcia Ayala	Yurécuaro	Bishop Emeritus of Campeche, Campeche, México
8 Jun	60.9	Appointed	Leo Michael Haid, O.S.B. †	Abbot of Belmont-Mary Help of Christians, North Carolina, USA	Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina, USA
9 Jun	51.4	Appointed	Henry William Cleary †	Bishop of Auckland, New Zealand
10 Jun	32.7	Ordained Priest	Auguste Haouisée, S.J. †	Priest of Society of Jesus	Bishop of Shanghai [Shanghai], China
		Born	Giustino Giulio Pastorino, O.F.M. †	Masone, Italy	Vicar Apostolic Emeritus of Benghazi, Libya
	40.9	Appointed	Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke, O.P. †	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
	40.9	Appointed	Michael Antonio Maria Vuylsteke, O.P. †	Titular Bishop of Charadrus	Vicar Apostolic of Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles, Antilles
11 Jun	58.7	Ordained Bishop	Adolph Manier †	Bishop of Belley, France
12 Jun		Born	Henrique Gelain †	Flôres da Cunha	Bishop Emeritus of Vacaria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
	37.3	Ordained Bishop	Joseph Petrelli †	Bishop of Lipa, Philippines	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Peru
		Born	Antonio Poma †	Villanterio	Cardinal, Archbishop Emeritus of Bologna, Italy
16 Jun	57.4	Appointed	Vincenzo Pulisic †	Archbishop of Zadar (Zara), Croatia	Archbishop Emeritus
17 Jun	68.9	Appointed	Eugène-Louis Kleiner, M.E.P. †	Titular Bishop of Tlos	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
		Born	Gino Paro †	Ponte di Piave	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Australia
18 Jun	53.6	Appointed	Bernard Thomas Edward Clark, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Port Victoria o Seychelles
		Born	Herculanus Joannes Maria van der Burgt, O.F.M. Cap. †	Overasselt	Archbishop of Pontianak, Indonesia
19 Jun	52.6	Ordained Bishop	Carlo Garcia Irigoyen †	Bishop of Trujillo, Peru
	40.3	Appointed	Augusto Klinke Leier †	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile	Apostolic Administrator of Valdivia, Chile
20 Jun	66.3	Died	José Correia Cardoso Monteiro †	Bishop of Angra, Portugal
21 Jun		Born	Francesco Spanedda †	Ploaghe	Archbishop Emeritus of Oristano, Italy
22 Jun		Born	Gabriel Paulino Bueno Couto, O. Carm. †	Itú	Bishop of Jundiaí, Sao Paulo, Brazil
	47.3	Appointed	Francesco Giuseppe Seminara, O.F.M. Cap. †	Bishop of Crete {Candia}, Greece	Bishop Emeritus
23 Jun	39.1	Appointed	Agostino Laera †	Bishop of Castellaneta, Italy	Bishop Emeritus
	39.1	Appointed	Adolfo Verrienti †	Prelate of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy	Prelate Emeritus
	39.1	Appointed	Adolfo Verrienti †	Titular Bishop of Calynda	Prelate Emeritus of Altamura e Acquaviva delle Fonti, Italy
26 Jun	24.7	Ordained Priest	Tomás Aspe, O.F.M. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor	Bishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, Bolivia
		Born	John J. Reddington, S.M.A. †	Athlone, Ireland	Bishop Emeritus of Jos, Nigeria
27 Jun	44.1	Installed	Bl. Carlo Liviero †	Bishop of Città di Castello, Italy
29 Jun	24.6	Ordained Priest	Guido Benedetto Beck de Ramberga, O.F.M. Cap. †	Priest of Order of Friars Minor Capuchin	Vicar Apostolic of Araucanía, Chile
	23.7	Ordained Priest	Dionisio Borra †	Priest	Bishop Emeritus of Fossano, Italy
	22.6	Ordained Priest	Auguste-Léon-Alexis Cesbron †	Priest	Bishop of Annecy, France
	55.6	Ordained Bishop	Pierre Chatelus †	Bishop of Nevers, France	Bishop Emeritus
	48.2	Ordained Bishop	Jean-Arthur Chollet †	Bishop of Verdun, France	Archbishop of Cambrai, France
	22.5	Ordained Priest	Albert-Paul Droulers †	Priest of Cambrai, France	Bishop of Amiens, France
	23.8	Ordained Priest	René-Jean-Baptiste-Germain Feuga, M.E.P. †	Priest of Auch (-Condom-Lectoure-Lombez), France	Bishop Emeritus of Mysore, India
	25.0	Ordained Priest	Paul-Ernest-Anastase Forget †	Priest	Bishop of Saint-Jean-de-Québec, Québec, Canada
	54.3	Installed	Antonio Karas (Karosas) †	Bishop of Sejny o Sejna o Augustów, Poland	Bishop of Vilkaviškis, Lithuania
	23.5	Ordained Priest	Francesco Lardone †	Priest	Apostolic Nuncio Emeritus to Turkey
	43.5	Installed	Agostino Losinski †	Bishop of Kielce, Poland
30 Jun	40.7	Ordained Bishop	Nicola Cola †	Bishop of Marsi, Italy	Bishop of Nocera Umbra-Gualdo Tadino, Italy
	67.0	Appointed	Pedro Armengol Valenzuela Poblete, O. de M. †	Bishop of San Carlos de Ancud, Chile	Bishop Emeritus

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